[360] 5 S.I. No. 360 of 2018 EUROPEAN UNION (MEASURES FOR A HIGH COMMON LEVEL OF SECURITY OF NETWORK AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS) REGULATIONS 2018 I, DENIS NAUGHTEN, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 20161, hereby make the following regulations: PART 1 General Provisions Citation 1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Measures for a High Common Level of Security of Network and Information Systems) Regulations 2018. Interpretation 2. (1) In these Regulations— “authorised officer” means a person appointed under Regulation 28; “cloud computing service” means a digital service that enables access to a scalable and elastic pool of shareable computing resources; “Combined Operators Register” means the register referred to in Regulation 16(5); “Commission” means the European Commission; “competent authority” in relation to— (a) an operator of essential services, means the person designated as a competent authority in the State under Regulation 7(1) or (2) in respect of the sectors referred to in Regulation 7(1) or (2), as the case may be, and (b) a digital service provider, means the person designated as a competent authority in the State under Regulation 8; 1 O.J. No. L 194, 19.7.2016, p. 1 Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of 21st September, 2018.